Upholstering-machine.



No. 721,304.l PATENTBD MAR. 3, 1903.. D. W. HYMAN & C. D. ORGUTT.

UPHOLSTERING MACHINE.

APPLIoATIoN FILED JULY '1, 1902.

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UPHOLSTERING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 7, 1902,.

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DAVID W. HYMAN AND CHARLES D. ORCUT'I, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNORS TO THEORIENT MFG. CO., OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

UPH'OLSTERING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 721,804, dated March 3,1903..

Application tiled July 7,1902'. Serial No. 114,547. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern,.- tions shown in Figs. 1 and 2. From thisvpo- Beit known that we, DAVID W. HYMAN and sition it 'is elevated, asshown in dotted lines CHARLES D. ORCUTT, citizens of the United in Fig.l. The said bar 0r member B is held States, residing at Dayton, in thecounty 'of in its horizontal or operative position by a dog 5 Montgomeryand State of Ohio, have invent- H, which turns upon a pivot H', securedto 55 ed certain new and useful Improvements in -the lower member A. Thehead of the dog Upholstering-Machines; and we do declare is practicallysquare, as in Figs. 3 and 5, and the following to be a full, clear, andexact dethat end of the member B has a similar openscription of theinvention, such as will enable ing H, so that when the dog is turned tothe 1o others skilled in the art to which itappertains position shown indotted lines in Fig. 5 the 6o to make and use the same, reference beingsaid bar or member B may be elevated upon had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the its hinge,as shown in the dotted lines in Fig. 1.letters of reference marked thereon, which I designates a bossapproximately in the form a part of this specification. center of thebar or member B and which 15 This invention relates to improvements inhas a screw-threaded opening which receives 65 machines for upholsteringstools and posa screw J, operated by a hand-wheel J. The sesses the 'newand useful features hereinaflower end of this screw has fixed to it adisk ter described and claimed. J. Loosely attached to the extreme lowerPreceding a detail description of the invenend of the screw J is acompression-plate K, zo tion, reference is made to the'accompanyingbetween which and the rigid disk J there is 7o drawings, of whichaseries of ball-bearings a, said ball-MW Figure l is a front or rearelevation of our being inclosed in suitable ball-races l e improvedupholstering-machine, showing the disk J and the plate K. same in theact of compressing the cushion L designates a concave or cup which is z5material-such, for example, as excelsior. mounted on a pivot pin L,which passes 75 Fig. 2 is asimilar View showing the compresthrough anopening in a boss L", said boss sion mechanism reversed after the act ofcombeing on the middle portion of the lower fram pressingthe cushionmaterial or excelsior. member A. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of themachine. Fig. M designates a washer iixed to the lower 3o 4 is an endelevation. Fig. 5 is a detail View. end of the pivot-pin L and servingto prevent 8o Fig. 6 is a detail View of the screw and adsaid pin fromrising out of the openingin the junctive devices. boss L".

Throughout the specification similar refer- The upper side-of the frameA is provided ence-letters indicate corresponding parts. with a disk N,in which is a suitable ball-race,

3 5 A and B designate two parts of a rotatable and the lower side-,ofthe cup or concave L is 85 frame, which have a hinge connection at C.provided with a similar disk N', also provided Projecting from bosses DD on opposite sides with a suitable ball-race. Between these two of thelower frame A are spindles, which are disks there is placed a suitablenumber of journaled in boxes E, said boxes being supball-bearings O.

4o ported on standards F F. The standards F F P designates a piece ofcarpet or other suit- 9o terminate in feet F F. The boxes E E are ablefabric which forms the upper surface or supported on one side of thestandards F F covering of the stool when finished. This as a matter ofconvenience in operating the piece of carpet is laid over the top of thecup machine. The spindle on one end of the or concave L. P designates asuitable quan- 45 frame has secured to it a crank-handle G, by tity offilling or excelsior which is placed upon 95 means of which the frame isturned to the said carpet, said excelsior being placed on reversedpositions, as shown in Figs. l and 2. the inner side of the carpet. P"is a wooden As'before stated, the upper member of the slab or disk whichforms the base of the stool frameB is hinged at C and is in an operativewhen finished. This slab is placed above the 5o position when occupyingthe horizontal posiexcelsior or filling P and below the compres- 10osion-plate K. After the material for the construction of a stool is soplaced the screw J is run down with suitable force to compress thefabric P and the excelsior P' into the cup L until the wooden slab P" isdriven down to the limit which is prescribed by the rim of the cup L.The machine is then reversed to the position shown in Fig. 2 by turningthe crank G. This brings the stool or body of said stool in a convenientposition for tacking the carpet or fabric P around its edge to thewooden slab P", after which the surplus edge of said carpet is cut away,as shown in Fig. 2, and the body of the stool is removed by running downthe screw from the position shown in Fig. 2. The body of the stool isremoved by elevating the upper member B of the frame. The down travel ofthe screw J is gaged or limited by a sleeve Q', which has a flange onits lower end provided with ratchets c, that engage with a detent d,pivoted to the upper side of the bar B. These ratchets lock the screwagainst any backward movement after ithas been driven down to thelimitof its movement in the operation of compressing the lling P'. The limitof such movement of the screw is determined by the position of thesleeve Q'. The said sleeve is moved up or down by a sleeve Q, whichincloses the upper end of the screw J below the hand-wheel J', theengagement between said sleeve being of a screw-threaded nature. Abinding- Screw h penetrates the upper sleeve Q and secures it fast tothe screw-shaft after the lower sleeve Q' has been moved to the properposition relatively to the bar B. It will be understood that the lowersleeve Q' is elevated or lowered by turning the upper sleeve Q. Thescrew-shaft J has a keyway, (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 6,) intowhich a key projects from the lower end of the sleeve Q'. By this meansthe said sleeve may be moved up or down on said screw, while at the sametime the said sleeve, together with the upper sleeve Q, is rotated withthe screw-shaft.

S is a spring-controlled latch, which is pivoted to an upright bar S'and serves to hold the bar or member B in its elevated position, asshown in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

T is a spring-bar, one end of which is secured to one of the standardsF. This bar has a loop T', into which the operating-lever G springs whenthe frame is in the position shown in Figs. l and 4.

Havingdescribed our invention, we claim- 1. In a machine forupholstering stools, a frame mounted for'rotation comprisinga lowercurved memberA and an upper straight member B, said members having ahinge connection, a cup or concave supported on the lower member A andadapted to receive the fabric and filling under compression, a screwpenetrating the upper member B, a disk attached to the lower end of saidscrew and adapted to compress the fabric and filling into said cup orconcave, and means for gaging the movement of said screw, substantiallyas set forth.

2. A machine for upholstering foot-stools, comprising a frame consistingof upper and lower members A and B, which have a hinge connection,standards to which said lower member is pivoted and whereby the positionof said frame may be reversed, a cup or concave mounted in the lowermember of said frame on antifriction-bearings, said cup or concaveadapted to support the fabric, the lling, and the wooden slab from whichthe body of a stool is constructed, an operatingscrew penetrating theupper member of the frame, a disk attached to the lower end of saidscrew and adapted to make contact with the upper side of the Woodenslab, and whereby the fabric and filling is compressed within the cup orconcave upon the operation of lowerin g the screw, and means foroperating said screw as set forth.

In testimony whereof we ax our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID W. HYMAN. CHARLES D. ORCUTT. Witnesses:

R. J. MCCARTY, CAROLYN M. THEOBALD.

